Reply With QuoteMark, my twelve of Martin Stevens's version of "Love Is In The Air" was on Columbia. So, your copy must be a repressing. Wasn't Matra part of Unidisc?
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I finally found a 12" of the sometimes mentioned Martin Stevens version of this tune; (It must be a re-pressing on Matra or Mantra or something like that) so which came first-- the Jean Paul Young or the Martin Stevens? I only knew of JPY until I saw people iding MS as the artist in some cases.
I checked the Joel Whitburn book--but it inexplicably doesn't list EITHER record. According to Whitburn, JPY never charted "Love Is In The Air"--just "Standing In The Rain"; Martin Stevens has no listing!!!
Even more strangely, the Stevens 12" has on the flip side--
Melba Moore's "You Stepped Into My Life"
& Bonnie Bramlett's 'Crazy 'bout My Baby"!!!!
On the A-side is another Stevens tune with "midnight" in the title....
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Mark, my twelve of Martin Stevens's version of "Love Is In The Air" was on Columbia. So, your copy must be a repressing. Wasn't Matra part of Unidisc?
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OK, but who released it first? :-? :o :-?
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John Paul Young has the writing credit for the song, so I'm guessing he put out the first version. Martin Stevens, a French Canadian singer, did the remakes, in English and in Spanish(!).
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I'm pretty sure JPY's version came first, I used to play this one until Marttin Stevens' came along not to far behind.
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Jay Black did a version too !!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Jay-Black-LOVE-IS-IN-THE-AIR-12-inch-Vinyl-Classic_W0QQitemZ4868209068QQ
Collect all three . Make a mega mix !!!
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John Paul Young had the original and it was writen by George Young and Harry Vanda
In 1978 peaked at #2 on the Australian charts, #7 in the US, and #5 in the UK
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Didn't they also write the stuff for AC/DC and Flash & The Pan?Originally Written by discodevil
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you are correct, they wrote and produced amongst other flash and the pan tracks "waiting for a train"Didn't they also write the stuff for AC/DC and Flash & The Pan?
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I have this version - it was released on Millennium Records (sister co of Casablanca Records) . this version is aweful - hope the person selling this on ebay is successful as I have been trying to get rid of my copy forever :lol:
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I'm still amazed that "Love is in the Air" NEVER charted on the Billboard Disco charts by ANY artist!!! I went back last night to see if I could find a mention (mid-78 to end of '78.) and I couldn't!!! The JPY version charted #1 Adult Contemporary & peaked #7 on the Pop chart--but NO DISCO LISTINGS!!!!
Now this was a big TROC record--not perceived as a "radio disco tune"--as far as I can recall--Viteritti played this a lot and Robbie Leslie played it at the 1st Troc RTP party.
Any ideas as to why this record was so IGGED ?(that's IGnored)
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From "Vanda & Young" entry in AMG:you are correct, they wrote and produced amongst other flash and the pan tracks "waiting for a train"Didn't they also write the stuff for AC/DC and Flash & The Pan?
"Dutch-born Harry Vanda and Dick Diamonde were living in Australia when they formed the highly successful Easybeats with English-born Stevie Wright, Scottish-born George Young, and English-born Snowy Fleet, in 1964. Wright and Young wrote the Easybeats' early hits, although it wasn't long before Vanda and Young took over songwriting duties, penning, amongst others, the classic single "Friday on My Mind." By the late '60s, Vanda and Young were the driving force behind the Easybeats, but it ended in the early '70s when the band broke up, leaving Vanda and Young with substantial debts.
The duo returned to the U.K. where they worked as songwriters, producers, and musicians for the next three years, releasing the single "Lazy River"/"Free and Easy" in October 1971. A series of singles released under various pseudonyms followed, including "Get Ready for Love"/"Can I Get to Know You?" by Paintbox in October 1971, "Shot in the Head"/"Bye Bye Bluebird" by Haffy's Whisky Sour in November 1971, "Natural Man"/"Boogalooing Is for Wrong" by the Marcus Hook Roll Band in August 1972, and "Louisiana Lady"/"Hoochie Coochie Har Kau" in March 1973.
They returned to Sydney in 1973 and recorded a rock album as Marcus Hook Roll Band, titled The Tales of Old Grand-Daddy, reputedly featuring the first studio efforts of George's younger brothers, Malcolm and Angus, who had just formed AC/DC. They produced the single "Can't Stand the Heat"/"Moonshine Blues" and EMI reissued the album as Full File in 1981. Throughout the mid-'70s, Vanda and Young scored several hits producing some of Australia's top acts, including John Paul Young, AC/DC, Ray Burgess, William Shakespeare, the Angels, Cheetah, and Rose Tattoo. With former Easybeat member Wright, they created the number one hit "Evie" in 1974.
Vanda and Young also enjoyed international chart success with their studio project Flash and the Pan; their first single, "Hey! St. Peter"/"Walking in the Rain" (later covered by Grace Jones), also reached number three on the Australian national charts. Their second single, "Down Among the Dead Men"/"Man Who Knew the Answer," also hit the Top Five and briefly made an appearance on the U.K. charts at number 54 when issued as "And the Band Played On (Down Among the Dead Men)."
Their self-titled debut album and third single, "American Shuffle"/"Hole in the Middle," followed in December and the band went to number one in Scandinavia. Leszek Karski (bass), Ray Arnott (drums), and Warren Morgan (piano) joined for their second album, Lights in the Night, which produced the singles "Welcome to the Universe"/"Lights in the Night" (July 1980) and "Media Man"/"Captains Beware" (December 1980). Their third album, Headlines, featured ex-Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright. The single, "Waiting for a Train"/"`A'," hit number seven in the U.K. and Headlines was Flash and the Pan's third number one album in Scandinavia. Their next album, Panorama, was only released in the U.K., where it reached number 69 in July 1983. Vanda and Young once again took on sole recording responsibilities for Early Morning Wake Up Call which comprised the singles "Midnight Man"/"Fat Night" (November 1984) and "Early Morning Wake Up Call"/"Look at That Woman Go" (February 1985).
In October 1986, the Easybeats reunited with Vanda and Young for a successful Australian tour and the EP Histor-Easy was released in November as a tour souvenir. Another Flash and the Pan album, Nights in France, was released in October 1987 before Vanda and Young once again revived the Flash and the Pan name for Burning Up the Night in 1992 and the singles "Burning Up the Night" (October) and "Living on Dreams" (March 1993)."
Note from Nano: John Paul Young (who recorded "Love is in the air" in 1978) is also Scottish, but apparently there are no family ties.
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Marky,
The Martin Stevens song you were thinking about in the first post is "Midnight Music".
Denis
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